<p><span style="color:#000000;">Most articles are so lame that they don&rsquo;t fool anyone and the only reaction is a collective groan. Sometimes, they are rude, insulting, juvenile or just plain stupid.&nbsp;Occasionally, they strike gold.</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">Here are some of the best (or worst):</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>1) Paddy Jihadist attacks Kildare</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">An article on the KildareNow news site,&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="color:#000000;">as reported in the </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/paddy-jihadi-april-fools-day_uk_56fe267ee4b0c5bd919afc14?8zlrf6r"><span style="color:#000000;">Huffington Post,&nbsp;</span></a></span><span style="color:#000000;">alleged that an <em>&ldquo;anonymous phone call by a male calling himself Paddy Jihaddy said he had rigged the area with explosives and that he was renaming the the locality the Hill of Allah&rdquo;.</em></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">The article has since been removed with the company claiming that the article was published by someone without the authority to do so.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><em>&quot;KildareNow would like to apologise unreservedly to everybody who was rightly offended by the article which was extremely insensitive especially in light of recent tragic events in Brussels and elsewhere.</em></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><em><img alt="KildareNow screengrab from Huff Post" src="http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/56fe29a51500002a000b3c6a.png" style="width: 300px; height: 255px;" /></em></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em>2) Gmail Mic Drop</em></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">Google claimed in a press release to offer users the last word in any email discussion by using the Mic Drop button that automatically added a Minion gif as well as ending the discussion.</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="Gmail Mic Drop" src="http://cdn2.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gmail-mic-drop-640x404.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 170px; margin: 10px;" /></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">&ldquo;<em>Whenever the mic is dropped, your email will be accompanied by an explanatory image so that expectations can be tempered by the receivers. So far, those who have tested out Gmail Mic Drop for the past few months have nothing but good things to say about it, including &ldquo;Sending email is so much easier when you don&rsquo;t have to worry about people responding!&rdquo;, &ldquo;Mic Drop is a huge improvement over Mute! I can finally let everyone know I&rsquo;m just not interested.&rdquo;, and &ldquo;My team solves problems so much faster with Mic Drop. In fact, we stopped talking to each other entirely!&rdquo;</em></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">However, the tool had bugs, was too close to other buttons like Send &amp; Archive and some users claimed to have lost their jobs. Google quickly removed the button and issues apology claiming the new tool caused more headaches than laughs.</span><a href="https://gmail.googleblog.com/2016/03/introducing-gmail-mic-drop.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;"> &quot;We love April Fools jokes at Google, and we regret that this joke missed the mark and disappointed you&rdquo;.</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>3) SAMSUNG - Back to the Future</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">The company with the most popular phone after Apple decided to go&nbsp;retro with it&#39;s latest release; a phone&nbsp;the size of a phone book.</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">&quot;What&#39;s a phone book?&quot;</span></p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="color:#000000;">Welcome back to the good old days with the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GalaxyLTD?src=hash"><span style="color:#000000;">#GalaxyLTD</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><a href="https://t.co/053IbTDoqG"><span style="color:#000000;">https://t.co/053IbTDoqG</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><a href="https://t.co/DzJUxLkqUP"><span style="color:#000000;">pic.twitter.com/DzJUxLkqUP</span></a></p>
<span style="color:#000000;">&mdash; Samsung UK (@SamsungUK) </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SamsungUK/status/715810934690852864"><span style="color:#000000;">April 1, 2016</span></a></blockquote>

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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>4) World Wildlife Fund&nbsp;- Adopt a Unicorn</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><img alt="" src="http://www.yourdaysout.com/uploads/articleimages/1250.png" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" /></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;">Adopt today and you can imagine receiving:</span></p>

<ul>
	<li class="p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">A cuddly unicorn toy, made of moon dust.</span></span></li>
	<li class="p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">My Unicorns and Imaginary World magazines delivered to your door as if by magic.</span></span></li>
	<li class="p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">Spell book, crystal ball, rainbows, sparkles and more.</span></span></li>
</ul>

<p class="p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;">However, the Fool had a more serious message as it was really an appeal to save the black rhino. &ldquo;It has often been thought that myths about unicorns were based on sightings of rhinos, which are now threatened with being consigned to nothing but our imaginations&rdquo;.</span></span></p>

<p class="p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span class="s1">5) Giant inflatable rooftop slide coming to Manchester city centre</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">The National Football Museum in Manchester has a distinctive slope that would be perfect for slide. However, those brave enough to try it must <a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/giant-roopftop-slide-urbis-manchester-11113673">sign a waiver</a> &#39;in the case of an accident&#39; declaring that &#39;any damage to me or my body, including death and worse, is not the responsibility of the organisers or anyone else&#39;.</span></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" src="http://i4.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article11120373.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/urbis_slide_final.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" /></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span class="s1">6) Under sand heating turn UK beach into year round resort</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">In a new pilot scheme being trialled in Falmouth, heating company Blue Flame has been commissioned to install specially designed underfloor heating and heating outlets across the <a href="http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/14396386.Gyllyngvase_Beach__Falmouth_to_have_under_sand_heating_to_make_it_an_all_year_round_holiday_destination/">popular tourist beach</a>.</span></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" src="http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/resources/images/3769092.jpg?display=1&amp;htype=0&amp;type=mc3" style="width: 300px; height: 199px;" /></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span class="s1">7) WaterAid introduces the Manpon</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">Again, another organisation using April Fool&rsquo;s Day to increase awareness; in this case&nbsp;to the fact that over 1.5million women do not have access to a toilet during their period.</span></span></p>

<p class="p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">Last year they had a campaign &ldquo;If men had periods&rdquo; so this year they launched the Manpon.</span></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7f3xN-a2gKw" width="560"></iframe></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">However, the fun stopped in China with state news agency reporting that it &ldquo;does not conform with our nation&rsquo;s cultural traditions, nor does it conform with the core values of socialism&rdquo;.</span></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span class="s1">&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t believe rumours, don&rsquo;t create rumours and don&rsquo;t spread rumours.&quot;&nbsp;</span></em></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="s1">Wise words. &nbsp;Maybe some people should listen to them next year!</span></span></p>

<p class="p2 p1">&nbsp;</p>
